- Helaman Pratt
Infobox person
name=Helaman Pratt
birth_date=birth date|1846|05|31
death_date=dda|1909|11|26|1846|05|31
known_for=Mexican LDS Ministry
religion=Mormon
parents=Parley P. Pratt
children=Rey Pratt
relatives=George W. Romney (grandson), Mitt Romney (great-grandson)Helaman Pratt (
31 May 1846 –26 November 1909 ) was an early leader ofThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints inMexico .Family
He was the son of
Parley P. Pratt and wife Mary Wood, the father ofRey Pratt , the grandfather ofMichigan governorGeorge W. Romney , and the great-grandfather ofMassachusetts governorMitt Romney . He was born in acovered wagon during a one-hour stopover on theMormon Trail near Mount Pisgah, Iowa.Life account
Pratt was one of the first missionaries to Mexico, and in 1876 at
Hermosillo ,Sonora , Pratt and Meliton Trejo performed the first baptisms recorded by the LDS Church in that country. Pratt latter served as president of the Mexican Mission based inMexico City for part of the 1880s. After his release he moved toColonia Dublan in Galeana, state ofChihuahua ,Mexico , where he died.He married in
Salt Lake City, Utah ,20 April 1874 German Anna Johanna Dorothy ("Dora") Wilcken (Dahme,Zarpin ,Rheinfeld ,Ostholstein ,Schleswig-Holstein ,25 July 1854 –Colonia Dublán , Galeana,Chihuahua ,Mexico ,22 June 1929 ), daughter of Carl Heinrich Wilcken (Eckhorst ,Holstein ,Schleswig-Holstein ,5 October 1831 –Salt Lake City, Utah ,9 April 1914 ) and the first of at least four wives (m.Neustadt in Holstein ,Ostholstein ,Schleswig-Holstein ,10 August 1853 ) Eliza Christina Carolina Reiche (Neustadt in Holstein ,Ostholstein ,Schleswig-Holstein ,1 May 1830 –Salt Lake City, Utah ,13 August 1906 ), both of whom also became LDS Church members. He was also apolygamist . [http://www.wargs.com/political/romney.html Ancestry of Mitt Romney]ee also
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Pratt-Romney family References
External links
* [http://www.pratt-family.org/jared/parley_family_histories/helaman-pratt-history.html Bio] at pratt-family.org
* [http://www.pratt-family.org/jared/parley_family_histories/list-helaman-pratt.html Histories and records] at pratt-family.org
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